Sapsan

 ( Electric Multiple Units Of Russia ) 

Development and construction were carried out by Siemens at Erlangen and Krefeld in Germany. In August 2009, it was announced that the fifth Sapsan had been delivered to Russia, of the eight that were planned.

Four single-voltage ("EVS1", 3 kV DC powered, trainsets 5-8) trains entered passenger service at the end of 2009 on the Moscow – St Petersburg route, with the dual-system trains (EVS2, trainsets 1-4) entering service on the Nizhny Novgorod route on 30 July 2010.

Sapsan set records for the fastest train in Russia on 2 May 2009, travelling at , and on 7 May 2009, travelling at .

On 19 December 2011, a €600 million order for an additional twenty trainsets including eight EVS2 sets8 EVS1 sets delivery in 2014, 4 EVS1 and 8 EVS2 sets delivery in 2015. was signed in order to facilitate an increased number of services on existing lines and the expansion of new service elsewhere in the system. The second-batch EVS1 sets (trainsets 9-20) will be same details as the first-batch EVS1 sets, but the second-batch EVS2 sets (trainsets 21 onward) will have retractable steps to suit for low platforms, unlike the first-batch EVS2 sets.

Introduction of Sapsan initially caused cancelation of affordable daytime trains between Moscow and St Petersburg. Since the end of 2012, Moscow – St Petersburg daytime trains other than Sapsan have been running again.

New Overpass were built, Railway platform along the railway were reconstructed and additional track was completed in 2015. New Lastochka commuter trains were introduced on the Moscow – Tver and St Petersburg – Bologoye routes. Local trains in the rural areas were saved.

• ГПм — head carriage, first class, motor, 23 seats (including four in the VIP section) + a three-seat sofa.
• ГТм — head carriage, passenger (third) class, motor, 51 seats (including 7 in the children's section) + baby cradle.
• ДБ — throttle, business (second) class, trailer, 52 seats.
• ДТ — throttle, passenger class, trailer, 99 seats.
• Т — passenger class, trailer, 66 seats.
• ТТр — passenger class, with transformer for alternating current, trailer, 66 seats.
• Тм — passenger class, motor, 66 seats,
• Та — passenger class, battery-powered, brake resistors on the roof, trailer, 60 seats.
• ТаБ — passenger class, battery-powered, brake resistors on the roof, with a bistro (restaurant), trailer, 40 seats + tables at the bar.

From 1 July 2018, a new class of service will appear in Sapsan carriage № 4 (14) — basic with a reduced cost and without additional services. According to the project, the carriage will have 66 seats.

Moscow (Leningradsky railway terminal) – Tver (756A, 762A, 770A, 778A, 780A) – Vyshny Volochyok (758A, 768A, 776A) – Bologoye (756A, 762A, 770A, 778A, 780A, 784A) – Uglovka (758A, 760A, 768A, 778A) – Okulovka (758A, 760A, 768A, 778A) – Chudovo (756A, 758A, 768A, 776A, 780A, 784A, 786A) – Saint Petersburg (Moskovsky railway terminal)

There are no Sapsan trains stopping at all stations on the route. The fastest ones do not stop between Moscow and Saint Petersburg at all. Numbers of the trains which stop at intermediate stations are listed above. Such measures were implemented to increase speed.

• The date of sale of the ticket,
• Percentage of occupied seats on the train.

The new rates range from 0.8 to 1.2 times the base rate for the day. It is possible to see the final price of a ticket for a specific date during the booking process.

• History of rail transport in Russia
• Siemens Velaro

• Siemens Velaro RUS Sell Sheet
• Velaro RUS pdf Siemens Page (archived)
• Velaro high-speed train for Russia / A. Lipp, John D., R. Mangler, VA Gapanovich, AS Nazarov, ON Nazarov, VP Shilkin / / Railways of the World, 2009, No1, pp.36-50.
• St. Petersburg - Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod
• Official web page on Russian Railways